Military
Israel Aerospace Industries is offering its electric tethered observation platform (ETOP) to Latin America for tactical use from ground vehicles. Now entering advanced development, the electrically powered design is part of IAI's new product line of hovering air vehicles. Suitable for a variety of military, civilian and paramilitary
Events
The Latin America Aero & Defence 2011 Exhibition, Latin America’s leading trade exhibition for the sector, opens its doors tomorrow, Tuesday April 12th for the rest of the week, at the Riocentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Every two years LAAD brings together authorities and major players in the
Business
Imint (Sweden) has announced the appointment of three new distribution partners, to handle an increased international interest in the Imint product line, and to further accelerate global expansion. The new partners; Danish Aviation Systems, Golan Security & Consulting, and J&E Systech Co., will promote and sell Imint’s
Electronic Sub-Systems
KinetX Inc., a small aerospace technologies company based in Tempe, Arizona, announced that it has expanded its offerings with sub-systems for UAS. The KinetX Hardware Engineering group is formed from the core team that designed and built the processors for the Iridium® global satellite communications system, and became part
Business
Mr. John Purvis has been named President and CEO of AME Unmanned Air Systems (formerly AeroMech Engineering, Inc.). He succeeds Mr. Jay McConville, who will now serve as AME UAS’s Chairman of the Board and as an Executive Vice President at ChandlerMay. These changes were announced by Mr. Jesse
Three unmanned helicopters were shipped to Japan on a special Nippon Airways flight from France yesterday to monitor the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The €40,000 order was received by Hélipse’s American partner, Rotomotion, from General Electric, mandated by the Japanese. Company founder Laurent Grenier
Life goes on for TAO Transa t mospheric Operations GmbH in Stuttgart after its recent split with Sanswire. The company retains all of its rights in its stratospheric airship project SkyDragon and is now looking for new investment partners. SkyDragon will be capable of unmanned and autonomous flight for an
SightLine Applications LLC has announced a new product, the SLA-2000, which adds multi-channel capability to their product line of real-time, on-board video stabilization, object tracking, and image enhancement systems for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications. The multi-channel aspect enables new features, such as Electro-
Two local police departments in South Carolina recently unveiled the latest additions to their arsenal of law enforcement tools -- remote controlled mini helicopters. The helicopters were custom built by officers from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and the Columbia Police Department, and will be used by both. Deputy Marcus
A novel test aircraft of the Munich Technical University (Technische Universitaet Muenchen) successfully completed its maiden flight on Wednesday at the airfield of the MFC Red Baron near Heimstetten. The micro aircraft, christened "IMPULLS" (Innovative Modular Payload UAV – TUM LLS), will facilitate testing aviation sensors and systems. It
The Applied Technology Institute (ATI) in Washington D.C. has announced its new one-day short course on Unmanned Aircraft Systems for beginners. The course teaches participants to recognize the different classes and types of UAS, how to optimize their specific applications, how to evaluate and compare UAS capabilities, and
Business
Aversano Aircraft in Florida has been quietly developing an aircraft which it claims is “a whole new design, theory and all new technology for UAS performance, manoeuvrability and payload.” The Defender airframe is tried and tested and the company is now looking for partners who need a base for a